by Armistead Maupin, Barbara Rosenblat
AudibleA soap opera with a high addiction potential. I've never thought that a novel about MANY different people who continuously bump into each other - it is a small world, my friends - could be so entertaining. But it looks like I can't have enough of [a:Armistead Maupin|10022|Armistead Maupin|htt...
I sometimes watch Chinese dramas / soap operas with my mother, and I always marvel (in a baffled sort of way) that in as large a city as portrayed in the show, all the characters in the story are inevitably and inexplicably intertwined in their relationships: personal, social, professional, etc. -- ...
the more i read the more i just want to move to san francisco and live at 28 barbary lane with all these characters! enjoyed the mystery element in this one as well.
Call it 3.5 stars, I'm a little torn.It's a breezy and in the year 2011, dated slice-of-life novel set in 1976 San Fransisco. I think it's of some small importance to remember that this novel (as well as the next three in the series) were originally published regularly as a newspaper serial. I think...
still pretty superficial, although really readable. i think i need to read this series as a soap opera. this one was complete with paralysis and amnesia and all the rest. the only difference is this has some lgbtq characters in it. i'm not overly excited but i'll keep reading; it's enjoyable eno...
Revisited via audio CD. It was lovely to be back on Barbary Lane with the kids, but odd that they are kids now and not too long ago they were glamourous grownups. Sweet and improbable and dated in the nicest sort of way. There's one prescient moment where Brian says to Michael that it's likely that ...
I'm rereading Tales of the City because I got Michael Tolliver Lives a few days ago. More Tales of the City book 2 of the Maupin San Francisco saga in the 1970's is fun, entertaining , a little weird with a pinch of wacko added. You get to "hang out" with the gang : Michael, Mona, Mary-Ann, Anna and...
This is a reread. I felt like comfort reading and since they published a new compilation in French of the whole series and I wanted to refresh my memory before reccing it to the patrons again although you can't really miss with this series. I still love it. The whole 70s and post hippie, post war, R...
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